RUDE, SR., HID THE YOUNGER ROOD. AND NOW BOTH ARE IN THE OAKLAND COUNTY JAIL. ? ? BLESS YOU BOYS ? DETROIT IS GONNA PARTY ? TIGERS ON FIRE. Devin: THEY OPEN THE DIVISION SERIES FRIDAY NIGHT IN OAKLAND. THIS AFTERNOON, THEY HIT THE FIELD HERE AT HOME, WORKING OUT AT COMERICA. Carmen: AND THE NEXT FEW WEEKS WILL BE BUSY NOT ONLY FOR THE PLAYERS BUT THEIR FAMILIES, AS WELL. Devin: OUR STEVE GARAGIOLA MET UP WITH A BASEBALL WIFE. AND FOR MATT TUIASOSOPO, IT'S LIVING A DREAM. Steve: I DIDN'T THINK I COULD FIND ONE MORE REASON TO ROOT FOR THE TIGERS, BUT MEETING MATT AND ABBEY WOULD BE IT. THEY INVITED US INTO THEIR HOME. HE SPENT THE BETTER PART OF HIS BASEBALL CAREER IN THE MINOR LEAGUES. SO THIS LONG SEASON IN DETROIT HAS BEEN A WONDERFUL RIDE AT DISNEYWORLD AND THEY'RE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF IT. Steve: MATT TUIASOSOPO HAS HAD A SOLID YEAR WITH THE TIGERS. HE AND HIS WIFE ABBEY HAVE ENJOYED EVERY BIT OF IT BECAUSE THINGS CAN CHANGE QUICKLY. GET TRADED, UPS, DOWNS, AND I THINK I'VE TRIED TO LOOK AT IT AS AN ADVENTURE. Steve: AND THIS SEASON HAS BEEN A GREAT ADVENTURE. JUST LIVING IN THE SAME PLACE FOR A WHOLE YEAR IS SOMETHING THEY DON'T TAKE FOR GRANTED. WE'VE BEEN IN THE SAME APARTMENT FOR ALMOST SIX MONTHS. WOW, YOU CAN ALMOST PUT A PICTURE ON THE WALL. NOT REALLY. BUT IT IS FUN. OKAY, SO THIS IS HOME. Steve: A LIFE OF UNCERTAINTY MAKES HANDLING EMOTIONS A CHALLENGE. YOU HAVE TO FIND OR TRY TO FIND A WAY TO LIVE NOT THE HIGHS, NOT THE LOWS -- OH, MY BABY IS AWAKE. Steve: THAT'S DAD'S CUE. AND THE LOVE OF THEIR LIFE, 7-YEAR-OLD JOSIAH. HE MAKES IT EASIER FOR BOTH OF THEM TO KEEP THEIR BASEBALL LIFE IN PERSPECTIVE. TODAY, THEY HAVE EACH OTHER, A BEAUTIFUL BABY AND MATT IS ON ONE OF THE BEST TEAMS IN BASEBALL, LEAVING TOMORROW FOR THE PLAYOFFS. YOU LIVE TODAY AND TODAY WILL BE FUN AND FULL OF WHAT WE CAN CHOOSE AND WHAT WE CAN CONTROL. AND THEN TOMORROW WILL TAKE CARE OF ITSELF. AND I DO BELIEVE THAT. Steve: DON'T YOU LOVE THAT LITTLE TIGER FACE? AND WHEN YOUR DAYS ARE THIS GOOD, YOU WANT TO TAKE THEM ONE DAY AT A TIME. THE TIGERS HAD NOT OFFICIALLY NAMED THE 25-MAN PLAYOFF ROSTER, BUT MATT SAID THIS MORNING, AS FAR AS HE KNOWS, HE'S ON THE PLANE GOING TO OAKLAND TOMORROW AND HE'S IN THE PLAYOFFS. SO THEY'RE JUST ENJOYING THE HECK OUT OF THIS RIDE. Carmen: WE WISH THEM THE BEST. Devin: A BEAUTIFUL YOUNG FAMILY. YOU LOOK AT THE WAY HE GOT HERE BACK IN SPRING TRAINING, WRITING LETTERS TO A BUNCH OF TEAMS AND HOPING FOR A CHANCE AND GETTING A SHOT AND MAKING THE MOST OF IT. IT'S A CLASSIC BASEBALL STORY, ISN'T IT? Steve: YOU TALK ABOUT THE LONG SHOT, YOU'RE RIGHT. HE SENT A LETTER TO DAVE DOMBROWSKI SAYING, HOW ABOUT GIVING ME A LOOK AND THEN THEY HAD THE BABY. THE SEASON HAS BEEN A FAIRY TALE FOR THIS COUPLE.

DETROIT -

A very good year is getting even better for Detroit Tigers outfielder Matt Tuiasosopo and his family. Tuiasosopo is looking forward to the start of postseason play.

While Matt has enjoyed a good season on the field with the Tigers, wife Abi Owings Tuiasosopo is enjoying it, too, because she knows the life of a baseball player can change very quickly.

"You can get traded in a day, things can change in a minute. Ups, downs, but I think I've really tried to look at it as an adventure," Abi said.

Abi Owings Tuiasosopo added that the stability of being with a winning team throughout the season is something she does not take for granted.

"We've been in the same apartment for almost six months, you know like, wow, you could almost put a picture on the wall, but not really. It's fun. It's like hey, so this is home," Abi said.

The baseball life that Abi Owings Tuiasosopo shares with her husband is made even better because of their seven-month-old son, Josiah.

Abi says they can enjoy each day as it comes and not look too much farther down the road.

"You win today and the day is going to be fun and full of what we can choose and what we can control. And then tomorrow is just going to take care of itself and I really do believe that," Abi said.

Matt Tuiasosopo leaves Wednesday for the first start of the postseason.

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